Catherine Ringer’s famous duo, Les Rita Mitsouko, are no more—but she performed their punky, jazzy synth-pop songs for a recent live release.
Tag: Jean-Luc Godard
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Movie Tuesday: Doggiewoggiez! Poochiewoochiez!
In honor of the Reader’s Pets issue, here are five films with plenty of cinematic canine charisma.
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Movie Tuesday: The director as public intellectual
Five masterpieces from filmmakers whose work has pushed the cultural envelope
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The Image Book takes shape as you watch it
Jean-Luc Godard’s latest is a montage of images with the weight of an epic poem.
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In Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company, Jean-Luc Godard contemplates the transition from celluloid to video
Originally broadcast on French TV in 1986, it’s having a rare Chicago screening at the Siskel Center.
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Lesbian revolutionaries smash sexual taboos to undermine the patriarchy in Bruce LaBruce’s The Misandrists
Luckily for the patriarchy, their plan for world domination involves making porn movies.
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Queer filmmaker Derek Jarman gets a Pride Month retrospective at FilmStruck
FilmStruck celebrates Pride Month with a retrospective on queer British filmmaker Derek Jarman.
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An interview with Jon Moritsugu, director of Mod Fuck Explosion
The veteran underground filmmaker reflects on his four-decade career.
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Five must-see films about film
Five extraordinary films about film, by five extraordinary filmmakers.
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Doc Films showcases the lesser-known work of Japanese director Seijun Suzuki
A new nine-week, 13-film series features a number of movies that rarely screen outside of Japan.
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Revisit the glory days of radical chic with Jean-Luc Godard’s La Chinoise and Le Gai Savoir
Two films from a transformative period in the director’s career screen this week at the Gene Siskel Film Center.
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The still-relevant satire Little Murders is the best movie in town this week
Chicago Film Society presents a rare 35-millimeter revival of Alan Arkin’s 1971 film adaptation of Jules Feiffer’s stage play.
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Jean-Luc Godard’s A Married Woman is back and as relevant as ever
The director’s 1964 masterpiece plays all week in a new digital restoration.
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How to kick drugs while also surviving a hostage crisis, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue